Camila De Oliveira Mendes Leal , ACA

Camila De Oliveira Mendes Leal is an ACA counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and major life changes. She offers calm, steady support and practical tools to manage overwhelming feelings. Camila aims to make sessions straightforward and easy to understand for people who are unsure where to start.

She trained as a psychologist in Brazil and has practised for ten years. That experience shaped a style that combines attention to deep feelings with techniques that help the body settle. Camila uses breathwork and mind-body exercises to reduce anxiety and restore calm during and between sessions.

Camila draws on psychoanalytic ideas to look at recurring patterns and deeper emotional conflicts. She also uses methods such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy to reframe unhelpful responses and access internal resources. Sessions are adapted to what each person needs rather than following a fixed formula.

Her work includes support around parenting stresses, self-esteem, and coping after loss or change. She has particular experience with trauma and perinatal mental health for women seeking help during pregnancy and after birth. Camila speaks English and Portuguese and practices in Australia as an ACA counsellor.

People can expect a blend of talk, breath-focused exercises, and practical strategies to use at home. Camila invites clients to take small steps and build skills at a pace that feels manageable.

Approaches that translate to online care

Camila uses a mix of deep listening and practical techniques that work well online. Psychoanalytic work focuses on understanding repeating emotional patterns and how they affect daily life; this often involves reflective talk and noticing feelings that come up during sessions. Breathwork such as HeartMath techniques teaches simple breathing exercises to reduce anxiety and calm the nervous system, and these exercises can be practised together on a video call or guided over the phone.

She also uses Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hypnotherapy tools to help reframe unhelpful thinking and access internal resources; these approaches can be adapted to a conversation or a guided audio exercise depending on what the person prefers. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try different techniques, and adjust the approach as trust and clarity develop.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for exercises that benefit from visual guidance, phone sessions suit people with limited bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, parenting or other commitments while still working with an appropriately qualified counsellor.